Hylton Lane, West Boldon Hall

Hylton Lane, West Boldon Hall

HER Number
8040
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Hylton Lane, West Boldon Hall
Place
West Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This building was listed Grade II* in 1949 with the following description:
'Large house. Dated 1709 on Fawcett arms over door; incorporating part of an earlier house. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Simple block plan. 2 storeys, 5 windows, central door on west side with moulded architrave and open segmental pediment on brackets. Windows have 24-pane sashes, with broad glazing bars, except for the rear which has cross windows at ground and first floor north, a central round-headed staircase window with narrow glazing bars, and the south elevation which has, at its east, 4-light ground and 3-light first floor mullioned and transomed windows. String course at first floor level, and moulded eaves cornice. Roof is hipped with swept eaves and a central rectangular well; two massive stone chimneys at rear have 3 sets backs; 2 others on the side ridges. The interior has bolection moulded fielded panelling throughout the ground floor save in the kitchen at the south east; all chimney pieces are bolection moulded, most are in the corners of rooms; the kitchen has a flattened Tudor-arched stone lintel at the chimney breast. There are early C18 niches, a corner cupboard, round-headed arches, architraves, doors and hinges. Staircase has small open well; decorated tread ends; balusters with turned and graduated twist sections. Kitchen door plank and batten.'
Restored in 1939.
Easting
435050
Northing
560980
Grid Reference
NZ435050560980
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/52;
South Tyneside Council, 2002, West Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025226